Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Birmingham
Stonehouse Lane, Birmingham, B32 3AE
71
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.5%
25.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
627
Capacity used
Has space87%
720 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
76 of 76 families who put it first got an offer
117
Places offered
336
Total applications
2.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 76 | 76 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 68 | 16 | ● 24% |
| 3rd preference | 59 | 13 | ● 22% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 133 | 11 | ● 8% |
| Total | 336 | 116 | 35% |
1st preference success by year
Birmingham lets families list 6 preferences. 17 applications came from outside the council area (12 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Samuel B Abbotts
- Address
- Stonehouse Lane, Birmingham, B32 3AE
- Phone
- 01214643172
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Bartley Green · Birmingham Edgbaston
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137346
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 53% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 53% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: HILLCREST SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM CENTRE
627 pupils · 720 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
28 September 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 636 pupils
Attendance
91.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
25.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.46 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 49% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 66% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.77 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.59 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 46.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 68.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 91.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.01 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 118 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 33.1 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 14.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 22 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 117 | 26% | 61% | 76% | |
| Mathematics | 116 | 24% | 51% | 70% | |
| English Literature | 115 | 38% | 75% | 92% | |
| French | 109 | 32% | 50% | 61% | |
| Combined Science | 74 | 9% | 42% | 54% | |
| Geography | 64 | 31% | 53% | 67% | |
| History | 49 | 33% | 59% | 73% | |
| Social Studies | 42 | 26% | 52% | 64% | |
| Biology | 41 | 37% | 85% | 93% | |
| Physics | 41 | 34% | 80% | 93% | |
| Chemistry | 41 | 49% | 80% | 93% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 30 | 13% | 33% | 43% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 13 | 0% | 8% | 46% | |
| Biology | 12 | 0% | 8% | 33% | |
| Psychology | 12 | 0% | 17% | 75% | |
| Religious Studies | 6 | 0% | 17% | 50% | |
| Sociology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Spanish | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 13098: Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre, Birmingham
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 60% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 13% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 60% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Birmingham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.